Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John McDonald and Martha T. Noble




Husband John McDonald 1 2

            AKA: John MacDonald 3
           Born: 30 Apr 1730 - Lishavanich, County Fermanagh, Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 - Washington Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Raccoon Cemetery, Washington Co, PA
       Marriage: 28 Apr 1778 4



Wife Martha T. Noble 2 3

           Born:  - County Fermanagh, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Col.  Noble (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William McDonald 1 4

            AKA: William MacDonald,3 Rev.  McDonald 5
           Born: 1779 - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Beaver Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin



2 M Rev. Andrew McDonald 1 4 6 7

            AKA: Andrew MacDonald 3
           Born: 1779 - Washington Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1846 - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 9
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Katie Riddle (      -      ) 7
           Marr: Washington Co, PA


3 M John McDonald 1 11

            AKA: John MacDonald 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1832
         Buried: 



4 M Col. James McDonald 1 12




            AKA: James MacDonald 3
           Born: 29 Aug 1783 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1863 4
         Buried:  - Raccoon Cemetery, Washington Co, PA
         Spouse: Julia A. Cooke (1799-1881) 13
           Marr: 25 Sep 1825 4


5 M Alexander McDonald 1 4

            AKA: Alexander MacDonald 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Beaver Co, PA
         Buried: 



6 M Edward McDonald 1 2

            AKA: Edward MacDonald 10
           Born: 13 Aug 1792 - Robinson Twp, Washington Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1867 - Washington Co, PA 15
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Nesbit (      -1839) 14
           Marr: 27 Apr 1819 14
         Spouse: Margaret B. Snodgrass (      -      ) 15


7 F Margaret McDonald 4

            AKA: Margaret MacDonald 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr. Robert Glenn (      -      ) 4 16


8 F Martha McDonald 4 17

            AKA: Martha MacDonald 10
           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Allison (      -      ) 17 18 19


9 F Elizabeth McDonald 4

            AKA: Elizabeth MacDonald 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Mitchell (      -      ) 4


10 F Mary McDonald 4

            AKA: Mary MacDonald 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. William Nesbit (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - John McDonald


He was born at McGuires Bridge, county Fermanagh, Ireland, and came to America in 1773. [GPHBC, 883]

He emigrated to America from Scotland, and came to this territory [Washington County, Pennsylvania] about 1780. He was living here when the county was organized in 1781. He took up in different warrants sixteen hundred acres of land, which in due course of time were patented. Upon the division of Washington County in 1788 and 1789, a part of these lands were thrown in Allegheny County. In addition to this large body of land he owned a tract of four hundred acres in what is now Union township, eight hundred acres in West Virginia, and two thousand acres in Allegheny County. He lived upon the home tract in Robinson township till his death. [HWC 1882, 902]

He was born in eastern Pennsylvania, where he received his educational training and grew to manhood. [CBRWC, 124]
He passed the latter part of his life in improving the home farm, and he cleared the meadow on which an Indian trading post was erected. He was a Federalist in politics, and in religious connection was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Candor.

He emigrated to America in 1773, and purchased a tract of land called Mt. Pleasant, on Robinson's run, now included in Robinson and Mt. Pleasant townships, Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1775 he settled on the Mt. Pleasant property, and afterward bought other lands adjoining Mt. Pleasant, called Blackberry Plain, Gooseberry Thicket, Highlands and Primrose Hill. He also bought large tracts in Allegheny and Beaver counties, and in West Virginia. All these lands were well located and became very valuable.

He [MacDonald] was a member of a family of Scotch origin, was born in the north of Ireland, and is found in the colonies in 1773, when he settled on Robinson's Run, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Of him it is said that he became the possessor of valuable property, wide in extent, cultivated by a large number of slaves, his first home being near the Virginia line. He was a Federalist in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church at Candor. [GPHBC, 1044]


General Notes: Wife - Martha T. Noble


She was born at McGuires Bridge, county Fermanagh, Ireland.

She was a native of Maryland. [GPHBC, 1044]

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 902.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 124, 972.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1044.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 972.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 327.

6 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 755.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 882.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 883.

9 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 113.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1045.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 792.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 857, 972.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 857.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 124.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 127.

16 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 186.

17 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 187.

18 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 708.

19 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 204, 972.


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